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VISITING LECTURE
T.J. Gottesdiener—SOM in New York: The Complex Role of the Architect in the Transformation of the City
Thursday, October 14
The Great Hall and Zoom | 6:30 PM
SOM Managing Partner T.J. Gottesdiener, FAIA AR'79 has played a pivotal role in realizing some of the firm’s most significant projects in New York City, where he has navigated the often competing interests of residents, commuters, developers, advocacy groups, and regulatory agencies. In this lecture, Gottesdiener will present the evolution of four neighborhoods in Manhattan over his four-decade career. In the process, he will discuss the architect’s intricate role as mediator, designer, civic leader, visionary, and catalyst for moving projects from concept to completion.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation with Dean Nader Tehrani and a Q&A.
This lecture is made possible by the generous support of the YC Foundation, Inc., New York.
This event is free and accessible to the public for in-person attendance in The Great Hall and virtual attendance through Zoom. Lecture attendees are required register in advance, show proof of vaccination and wear a facial covering indoors.
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VISITING LECTURE
Susannah Drake: The Geophysical City
Tuesday, October 5
315F and Zoom | 6:30 PM
Susannah C. Drake is the founding principal of DLANDstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture pllc. Her firm has received city, state, and national AIA and ASLA awards. Susannah was awarded the AIA Young Architects Award, Fellowship in the AIA, Fellowship in the ASLA, and was recognized as an Architectural League Emerging Voice. Susannah specializes in complex projects that require a synthesized, analytical, and research-based approach. Her large-scale planning work engages diverse systems to create ecologically and socially progressive projects that are rigorously researched, strategically planned, and beautifully designed.
The lecture will be followed by a discussion moderated by Nader Tehrani.
The in-person portion of this event is open to Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff. Room 315F. This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Registration is required, please register in advance here.
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PLURIVERSAL, BEWILDERED, AND OTHERWISE
Cohabitation Strategies and Urban Front: Urban Practice After the Pandemic
Tuesday, October 12
315F | 12:00 PM
Miguel Robles-Durán is an urbanist with expertise in urban political-ecology and the design/analysis of complex urban systems. He is Associate Professor of Urbanism at Parsons School of Design in New York City. Robles-Durán is a founding member of Urban Front, a transnational consultancy focused on helping progressive public and social sectors address critical urban issues including housing rights, environmental justice, public health, cultural action, sustainable infrastructure and political strategy.
Robles-Durán is also co-founder of Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra), a Rotterdam and New York City based non-profit cooperative committed to radical socio-spatial research, design, and development. For thirteen years, CohStra developed and designed over a dozen urban projects in Europe, North and South America, centered on the development of original action-research methodologies, transdisciplinary frameworks, neighborhood-based initiatives, and the facilitation of community-driven transformative interventions against neoliberal urbanization.
The in-person portion of this event is open to Cooper Union students, faculty, and staff. Room 315F. This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Registration is required, please register in advance here.
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ARCHLOG
Toshiko Mori AR'76 to Receive 2021 Isamu Noguchi Award
Posted: Friday, August 27
Now in its eighth year, the Isamu Noguchi Award is conferred annually on highly accomplished individuals who share Noguchi’s spirit of innovation, global consciousness, and commitment to Eastern and Western cultural exchange. Brett Littman, the museum’s director, notes “The Isamu Noguchi Award was created to recognize exceptional individuals whose creative practice shares a thoughtfulness and boundary-transcending point of view found in Isamu Noguchi’s work and extends his ideals into our own times. We are honored to present this year’s Award to artist Shio Kusaka and architect Toshiko Mori. Their very different work shares a profound sensitivity to nature, playful and clear-minded approaches to materials and function, and quiet reflectiveness, carrying forward and extending Noguchi’s principles.”
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ARCHLOG
Cooper Alumni Launch 'Design with FRANK'
Posted: Thursday, August 26
2018 Cooper Union architecture graduates Gabriel Munnich and Yaoyi Fan recently founded Design with FRANK, a start-up based on the premise that good design shouldn’t be a luxury. To that end, their company has developed a digital tool that embeds architectural intelligence in a user-friendly way, allowing anyone to make well-designed homes that fit their exact needs. Munnich and Fan believe that, as architects, it is their responsibility to create the next generation of design tools that serve everyone’s needs while creating a better-built environment for all.
Recently featured in designboom, Design with FRANK streamlines the traditional design process into a simple, intuitive, game-like experience that allows users to make a house by manipulating and connecting 3D blocks. Once satisfied with their design, users can interchange roof types and exterior materials to suit different climates. The software also provides a sophisticated map system via satellite imagery and vector world data that visualize the user's dream house in their chosen physical site.
Image Courtesy of Design with FRANK.
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VIDEO ARCHIVE
Watch Our Public Lectures and Events Anytime
Vimeo | On Demand
The School of Architecture records, archives and publishes videos of public programs to open access and accommodate asynchronous learning and research for audiences in different time zones. You may visit our Vimeo channel for access to all our video content.
You may also use Cooper website's search bar to look for a particular lecture title or a lecturer's name to find embedded videos of their events with us, if any are available, along with other pertinent event and bio information.
If you recently missed a lecture or event you wanted to see, make sure to check out the Fall 2020 and the Spring 2021 Lecture and Events Lists. Links to earlier semester event lists are found at the bottom of their respective event pages.
Our public programs are free and recorded for access anytime.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Coronavirus Response
For campus-wide COVID-19 updates and resources, please visit The Cooper Union's website.
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Nader Tehrani, Arch dean/fac | Article | "RISD completes multi-phase resident hall enhancement led by NADAAA," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, September 23, 2021
Elisa Iturbe, Arch fac | Lecture Series | Confronting Carbon Form: Five Conversations on Energy, Power, Space, and Architecture, Anyone Corporation, October 6, 2021 at 6PM, 41 W. 25th Street, New York, NY and Online
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Lydia Kallipoliti, Arch fac | Lecture | “Medium Matters: Architectural Representation After Construction,” MAS Context Fall Talks, Monday October 4, 2021, Online
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Daniel Libeskind AR’70 | Featured | "Architect Hopes to Restore Synagogue After Tragedy," AARP, September 16, 2021
Toshiko Mori AR’76 | Featured | "Want to be a great designer? Steal these 30 secrets from the world’s top experts," FAST COMPANY, September 23, 2021
Alexander Gorlin AR’78 | Article | "Sterling Forest House, a private and unobtrusive residential retreat: Sustainable strategies blend the building into a steeply sloped site," THE PLAN, August 12, 2021
Maurice Cox AR’83 | Speaker | BISNOW: Chicago State of the Market, September 30, 2021, Chicago, IL
Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 | Featured | "The Iconic Home Returns This Month With an All-New Set of Talents," ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, September 14, 2021
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Tao DuFour AR’02 | Book | HUSSERL AND SPATIALITY A PHENOMENOLOGICAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF SPACE, Routledge, September 2021
Firat Erdim AR’02 | Installation | LOOM-ROOM-HARP, September 2-October 15, 2021, Anderson Gallery/Drake University, Des Moines, IA
Space ODT (Daphne Binder AR’11, Teddy Kofman AR’13) | Featured | “Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA)," HOWL!
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
DEADLINES APPROACHING
CALL FOR ENTRIES
After the Damages Awards disseminates and honors projects which were able to interpret the complex topic of emergency, management, prevention, and risk mitigation. Deadline: September 30
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
ACSA Architectural Education Awards honors exemplary work by faculty, administrators and students in areas such as building design, community collaborations, scholarship, and service. Deadline: October 6, 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
ONGOING
WORK-STUDY OPPORTUNITY
The School of Architecture is looking to hire several Public Programming Video Archivists. Eligible Cooper Union students are needed to assist in recording, editing, and publishing all public lectures and events during the academic year. Email Mauricio.Higuera@cooper.edu for more information. Deadline: Rolling
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Log 54: Coauthoring (Winter/Spring 2022) is a thematic issue guest edited by Ann Lui and Ana Miljački that recenters architectural discourse around the idea of coauthorship. Deadline: December 1, 2021
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Lyceum Fellowship 2022 Competition: UNDERLAND challenges students to create a solution for the Friesenhahn Cave site, an important paleontological site outside of San Antonio and managed by Concordia University in Austin, Texas. Deadline: May 26, 2022
FREE GROCERIES
The College Student Pantry welcomes all college students in need of groceries. Open first and third Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Stop by 602 E 9th St in the East Village (corner of Ave B) for a free bag of groceries. Ongoing: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 3PM.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Harvard Design Press seeks book proposals from researchers, practitioners, theorists, historians, and critics, among others. Deadline: Rolling
CALL FOR SUPPORT
Mophradat: Support the Arts in Beirut Prioritizing those already disadvantaged, and those who influence the community around them in a thoughtful manner, Mophradat offers resources to artists, visual thinkers and architects. Deadline: Rolling
CALL FOR ALLIES
CALL FOR STUDENT PROPOSALS
Write for Urban Omnibus! Shaped by a wide range of contributors In an effort to advance the collective work of city making, Urban Omnibus calls for students and professionals to submit article proposals. Deadline: Ongoing
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